Presentation Schedule
The Social and Discursive Context of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri’s Mantra/Sufi Poetry (89934)
Session Chair: Jerry Chia-Je Weng
Thursday, 15 May 2025 09:50
Session: Session 1
Room: Room 604 (6F)
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
The emergence of literary works is a lengthy process, and this is no exception for Sutardji Calzoum Bachri’s poetry, which was considered groundbreaking in the 1970s. Sutardji's poetic expression was supported by his credo of mantra poetry, emphasizing the liberation of words from their conventional meanings. Based on this notion, the study seeks to explore how Sutardji's poetry can be understood within the social and discursive context of Indonesian poetry. This research aims to address this question by examining the social and discursive context of Indonesian poetry, focusing on the segregation and desegregation between mantra and Sufi poetry. The study adopts a qualitative approach, analyzing the discursive development of poetry and how the social context contributes to the linguistic innovation in Sutardji’s poems. The hypotheses proposed by this study are as follows. First, the social context enabled Sutardji's poetry to break through or dissolve the monopoly of linguistic meaning, returning it to the essence of language akin to a mantra, which relies more on sound and the sensory experience of language. Second, Sutardji's poetry emerged by integrating elements of oral literature, in the form of mantras, with Sufi philosophy.
Authors:
Ari Wibowo, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
About the Presenter(s)
Ari Wibowo is currently a postgraduate student in Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia.
Connect on Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ari-wibowo-3159a0137
See this presentation on the full schedule – Thursday Schedule
Conference Comments & Feedback
Place a comment using your LinkedIn profileShare this Presentation
Comments
Powered by WP LinkPress